pollution

Now that Democrats control both State Houses, environmental groups seeking to push through tax.

A Pasco landfill has shown evidence of smoldering waste and groundwater contamination according to the Washington Department of Ecology.
The area stores 35,000 drums of solvent, paint sludges, and cleaners, and is showing signs of contamination from leaking drums according to news reports...

The Washington State Department of Health says the air samples didn't show enough radioactive levels to be harmful, but how they got there is of great interest to officials.

No, we're not making this up. The latest lawsuit from Columbia Riverkeeper, a controversial environmental group, is going to make them the butt of jokes all over the Pacific Northwest.

It's been a number of months since somebody dumped thousands of old tires near Game Farm Road in South Kennewick, but the problem still hasn't been solved.

Thanks to Gov. Inslee's "hit list" of business he and his administration think are going to pollute by allegedly exceeding carbon emission standards, costing nearly a 1,000 workers their jobs. But he'll probably counter with an idea for some sort of government retraining …

Three of the most popular commercial shellfish fishing areas have been restricted for use, according to a new report, due to pollution making the shellfish unsafe for human consumption.

Gov. Jay Inslee is intent on fighting global warming and has proposed a enormous $12 billion plan to battle pollution and would "punish" the top 130 entities his experts say are pumping carbon into the atmosphere.
The list includes businesses and universities that would be forced to buy car…

The lawsuit is one of several filed against Yakima Valley area dairies, and was filed without  any definite evidence showing the dairy was directly responsible for high nitrate levels found in the area.

Rather ironic to send a public official to five different cities by spewing forth jet exhaust all over the East Coast.